Family: John Wesley Thomas / Bessie Viola Koonce (F379)

• Father | Male John Wesley Thomas

  
  

  Born	3 Oct 1891	Howell County, Missouri, USA
  Died	18 Jan 1977	Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
  Buried		New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
  Married	25 Aug 1914  [1, 2]	Howell County, Missouri, USA  [1, 2]
  Father	Christopher Columbus "Lum" Thomas | F742 Group Sheet
  Mother	California Isabelle White | F742 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Bessie Viola Koonce

  
  

  Born	31 May 1892	Howell County, Missouri, USA
  Died	7 Nov 1960	Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
  Buried		New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
  Father	Robert Houston Koonce | F1180 Group Sheet
  Mother	Coantha Lenora "Nora" Walker | F1180 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Zola Ernestine Thomas

  
  

  Born	11 Jun 1915	Missouri, USA
  Died	11 Dec 1980	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	Abraham Taft Brixey | F1785
  Married	31 Oct 1931

  
  

  Child 2 | Male + Robert C. Thomas

  
  

  Born	23 Jul 1916	Douglas County, Missouri, USA
  Died	3 Jul 2010	Santa Ana, Orange County, California, USA
  Buried		Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange County, Calfiornia, USA
  Spouse	Edna Ruth Goodbary | F1784
  Married	26 Jun 1938	Friends Christian Church, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Byron Garfield Thomas

  
  

  Born	25 Jul 1917	Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
  Died	21 Nov 1997	Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	Helen Agnes Reed | F1786
  Married	27 Dec 1935	Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Wilford D. Thomas

  
  

  Born	15 Dec 1918	Oklahoma, USA
  Died	6 Mar 1920	Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
  Buried		New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA

  
  

  Child 5 | Female + Priscilla Lorane Thomas

  
  

  Born	20 Mar 1921	Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
  Died	1 Mar 2014	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	Floyd Wilson Dunning | F2305
  Married

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Mary Elizabeth Thomas

  
  

  Born	1922	Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
  Died	1922	Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
  Buried		New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Date of license, not marriage.

  
  

• Sources

  [S53] Walker, Lula Fay DeBoard - Informal conversations, (Informal conversation between Lula Fay (DeBoard) Walker (Beaverton, OR) and her daughter Janis Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC), 1984 through the present (2007).), Personal testimony and knowlege of my parents, Bill and Lu Walker. They indicated that Phronia Mae Thomas (who married Louis DeBOARD) and Wesley THOMAS (who married Bessie KOONCE) were siblings, and the children of Columbus 'Lum' Thomas. (Reliability: 3). [S2840] “Missouri Marriage Records, 1805–2002,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Oct 2012), Howell County, marriage license no. 170 [loose papers, jacket only, no return], for Wesley Thomas-Bessie Koonce (1914); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. .